linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/16] mfd: bcm590xx: drop of_match_ptr from of_device

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 09:17:33 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To:     Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] mfd: bcm590xx: drop of_match_ptr from of_device_id table

On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 09:06, Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>
> > The driver can match only via the DT table so the table should be always
> > used and the of_match_ptr does not have any sense (this also allows ACPI
> > matching via PRP0001, even though it is not relevant here).  This fixes
> > compile warning (!CONFIG_OF on x86_64):
> >
> >   drivers/mfd/bcm590xx.c:95:34: warning: ‘bcm590xx_of_match’ defined but not used [-Wunused-const-variable=]
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
> > ---
> >  drivers/mfd/bcm590xx.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> Couple of small points:
>
> - Patch-sets, particularly large ones should have a cover letter.
> - Subject lines follow English grammar conventions and should start
>   with an uppercase character.

Thanks for fixing this. I am not a native English speaker and I make
mistakes. Either it is a grammar or convention mistake, I would
appreciate it if you point them out, so I could learn from them.
About the "start with an uppercase character", I actually on purpose
changed my approach some time ago after seeing more senior kernel
developers using this method (see commits from Linus Torvalds, Andrew
Morton). After the subsystem prefix "mfd: ...." they start with
lowercase. If you still insist that commit titles in MFD subsystem
should use capital letter after the prefix, I will try to remember and
follow this approach when sending patches to you.

Best regards,
Krzysztof